Jane Ray’s family classic The Story of Christmas updated to include a fold-out crèche.
In addition to its ravishing, gold-highlighted paintings, a pop-up crèche filled with the characters from the biblical story has been added. In this reinvented version of her book The Story of Christmas , author and illustrator Jane Ray has lovingly brought to life the busy streets of Bethlehem, the journey of the Three Kings across desert and sea, the triumphant angels and the humble shepherds.
Born in London, Jane studied art and design at Middlesex University. Her main study was ceramics and she didn't start to illustrate until she left college. Her first published work was a series of greetings cards for Roger la Borde, followed by some book jackets, and eventually black and white illustrations for a poetry anthology with Orchard Books.